Immigration

  1. Migrant construction workers faced precarity but still found meaning
    Study of African migrant construction workers in Portugal examining how meaningful work persists despite precarious employment, structural barriers, and inadequate labor protections through.
  2. Study estimates mortality in ICE detention from 2004 to 2026
    Estimates annual mortality rates and cause-of-death patterns among individuals detained in US Immigration and Customs Enforcement facilities from 2004 through January 2026.
  3. European migration control linked to smuggling fraud networks in Nigeria
    Study examines how European biometric border controls inadvertently expanded migrant smuggling in West Africa, revealing networks involving government officials in document fraud.
  4. Some school-based programs helped recently arrived immigrant youth
    Scoping review of school-based programs supporting recently arrived immigrant adolescents' adjustment and well-being, synthesizing 15 studies with implications for future intervention development.
  5. Partisanship shapes support for deporting unauthorized immigrants
    Survey experiment reveals how partisan identity shapes deportation attitudes toward unauthorized immigrants based on sexual orientation and economic contributions.
  6. Newspapers use speech acts to frame immigration differently
    Corpus analysis of speech acts in U.S. newspaper immigration coverage reveals how constatives, directives, and commissives shape public opinion differentially across liberal and conservative outlets.
  7. Migrant families reported unmet needs for children’s development
    Qualitative study of parental perceptions regarding developmental needs of young children in international migrant families in Brazil, identifying gaps between identified needs and policy provision.
  8. Immigrant employment in Sweden was marked by instability
    Study examines how first-generation non-European immigrants sustain employment in Sweden, revealing cycles of instability and the critical role of workplace support networks and belonging.